With Jan's permission, I'm fwd'ing to the list in case others have
interest and comments. Jan is happy to answer questions. Thanks,
/be
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Subject: phd defence Jan Kasper Martinsen
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 12:13:01 +0200
From: jan kasper martinsen <[email protected]>
To: Brendan Eich <[email protected]>
Hi Brendan,
Thanks for the tip regarding the JavaScript behaviour in web application
versus the JavaScript behaviour in the official benchmarks. This laid
the groundwork for my PhD, which is to be defended in a two weeks time
(26th of may). By the way, if you by any chance are in Sweden, you are
most welcome to attend. I sent you a printed copy yesterday, but in case
you are curious, a pdf of the thesis is available at :
http://www.bth.se/com/jkm
Interesting results are; due to the behaviour of JavaScript in web
applications, the normal way to do Just-in-time compilation, makes
JavaScript execution slower in web applications (while it is faster in
the benchmarks). However, we show that Just-in-time compilation can be
used together with Thread-Level Speculation to improve the performance
of JavaScript on multicore devices, and reduce the power usage, which is
especially important for smartphones. We also suggested techniques to
reduce the memory overhead of Thread-Level Speculation, which later was
filed as a patent.
Best regards Jan Kasper Martinsen
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